Common metal could unlock a cheaper path to quantum materials

Researchers have created a cobalt-based thin film that could offer a lower-cost approach to developing materials for quantum research. By adding about 4% cobalt to sodium antimonate, scientists created localized honeycomb structures that produce strong magnetic interactions associated with Kitaev-type quantum materials without disrupting the material’s larger crystal structure. Kitaev materials are studied because some […]

Physicists find evidence for ‘third’ type of magnetism

Altermagnets are a recently described class of materials that have no net magnetization but display magnetic-like electron behavior. Their unique properties could support advances in spintronics, which uses electron spin to develop faster, more efficient electronics. Because altermagnets do not produce stray magnetic fields, they could also allow devices to be placed closer together without […]